Nov 6, 2017
A New Approach to STEM Education
By Katie Neitz How do you make a great thing greater? Make it more inclusive. Stats from the National Science Foundation show a dramatic disparity between…
Academic News
Academic News
Nov 5, 2017
Understanding U.S.-North Korea Relations
By Stephen Wilson In a filled Oechsle Hall auditorium on a Friday afternoon, Seo-Hyun Park, associate professor of government and law, and Il Hyun Cho…
Nov 1, 2017
Life as a Leopard
We picked a random day—Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, to be exact—and checked in on Lafayette students in action. Can you keep up? Story by Bill Landauer…
Nov 1, 2017
Using Brainwaves to Control a Wheelchair
Simone Khalifa '20 is using her interests in art and electrical & computer engineering in a research project to develop a brain-computer interface designed…
Oct 25, 2017
Prof. David Haberman Will Discuss Research on Religion and Ecology
By Bill Landauer Is the center of all religious thought something with arms, legs, and a face? What about trees? Or rocks? On Thursday, the Department…
Oct 24, 2017
Mary Jo Lodge’s Musical Mind Wins Rights to Drowsy Chaperone
By Bill Landauer A few of Mary Jo Lodge’s favorite things? Those movies and plays featuring characters who burst into song for what seems like no reason…
Oct 17, 2017
There’s No Place like Dome
By Bryan Hay and Bill Landauer During Homecoming Weekend teams of faculty and students will erect a 40-foot geodesic dome on the Quad to celebrate the…
Oct 17, 2017
Hip-Hop Troubadour
By Bryan Hay Baba Brinkman describes himself as a hip-hop version of the troubadour, a latter-day practitioner of the oral art of the epic poets who uses…
Oct 10, 2017
On the Frontiers of Discovery
Undergraduates work alongside faculty on substantial research projects, like the effect of steroid hormones on male zebra finches or developing a solar…
Oct 6, 2017
Unlocking the Code for Early Detection of Dyslexia
By Katie Neitz Despite research suggesting that poor readers can be identified by the first grade, the rate of false negatives in testing them is as high…